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Lesbian Couple Fall Prey to ‘Morality Clause’
Divorce decree puts same-sex couples behind the 8-ball.
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Released Video From Silva Beating Shows His Last Moments; Video Of Actual Beating Still Missing
A pair of the cell phone recordings of the David Silva beating have been released by attorney Daniel Rodriguez. 23ABC News received the videos first, both of which capture the final moments of Silva's life. Unfortunately for those seeking...Show More Summary
Human Rights Watch Director Privately Slurs Israel
(Eugene Kontorovich) The credibility of NGOs like Human Rights Watch depends on their being above and apart from the conflicts they monitor – to not take sides. Human Rights Watch has been criticized by many, including its founder, for giving up all objectivity an adopting an anti-Israel campaign. Their grudge against Israel has been clear from the [...]
Civil Liberties Group Asks Secret Court to Release Opinion
Six years ago, the Justice Department fought a civil liberties group's effort to obtain documents directly from a secretive Washington court that hears government surveillance requests. The American Civil Liberties Union, the government said, was trying to make an "end...
DOJ Official Testifies on Banks as 'Too Big to Jail'
Banks and other large financial institutions are not immune from federal prosecution because of the potential collateral consequences to the economy, a top U.S. Department of Justice official testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. "Size does not equal immunity," Mythili Raman,...
Did Lois Lerner Forfeit Her Fifth Amendment Privileges?
Under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, you can't be compelled to testify against yourself in a criminal case. But can you forfeit your Fifth Amendment protections by saying anything at all?
House Rules: Catastrophic Events…
Taking legal lessons from disaster.
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Peering Through A Window Next to A Front Door Held to Be A Fourth Amendment Search
(Orin Kerr) Here’s an interesting new application of Florida v. Jardines (March 26, 2013), which recently held that bringing a drug-sniffing dog up to the front door of a home for a “sniff” of the front door area is a Fourth Amendment search. In this morning’s decision in Powell v. State of Florida, officers went up to [...]
Sample Civil Procedure II Exam
In CivPro II (a 2-hour course), we covered civil procedure issues related to class actions, discovery, summary judgment, JML, new trial, appellate jurisdiction, and preclusion. Here is the two-hour exam. – Dennis ===== Dent sued Baker in the United States...
AT&T Says You Can Use Any Video Streaming App You Want... Just As Soon As It Can Get The Meter Running
AT&T isn't going to let something like "net neutrality" slow it down from shaking every spare cent out of its customer base. (Source: I'm a customer. Also: see these.) Beginning last year with its blocking of Apple's Facetime app (exempting...Show More Summary
Eighth Annual Seton Hall Employment & Labor Law Scholars' Forum
The good folks at Seton Hall have just put out a call for proposals for the Eighth Annual Seton Hall Employment & Labor Law Scholars' Forum. This is a great event--basically the labor & employment version of the Stanford/Yale/Harvard Junior...
Who Wants To Work In The West Wing?
Wouldn’t working in the West Wing be a dream job? Here’s how you get there….
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Beating Billing Blunders: Former Bar President's Cautionary Tale
What's your hourly rate? $300? $600? Glenn C. Lewis probably had you beat. According to The Washington Post, Lewis once claimed in an interview to be the most expensive attorney in the area, at $850 an hour for his service as a family law attorney specializing in divorce, custody, and......
The ATL Interrogatories: 10 Questions with Jim Maiwurm of Squire Sanders
Jim Maiwurm of Squire Sanders shares his insights into the legal profession.
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Sox Whistleblower Case Involving Contractors
This past Friday, the United State Supreme Court granted cert. in the case of Lawson v. FMR LLC. The case concerns whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), which protects employees of publicly traded companies from retaliation for reporting financial improprieties, also...
Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges
In a story that sounds mighty similar to the Andrew "weev" Aurenheimer situation, two reporters from the Scripps News service have been told that they may be hit with Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) charges after a Google search they did turned up personal data on 170,000 customers that two telcos left exposed. Show More Summary
Get A New Dean, Hire PR Firm, ???, PROFIT!
Instead of improving its product, this law school apparently just wants a different way of talking about it….
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A fresh face in challenges to Del Monte
It's my impression that defendant-favorable UCL-specific doctrines in California/9th Circuit law have not proved terrifically helpful in getting out of a case at the motion to dismiss stage, though I admit this is not based on any quantitative study. Show More Summary
This Product Contains 100% Something!
A reader noticed this label on a carpet: More specifically, this: My first thought was, how do they know? What if I can identify one of the fibers? Can I sue because I was promised a mystery rug? It turns...
Ryan Hart's Electronic Arts Lawsuit for Video Game Not Over Yet
The video game industry is not off the hook just yet. Former Rutgers football player, Ryan Hart, just got the go ahead from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to continue his Electronic Arts lawsuit. Hart had sued EA for misappropriation of his likeness in their NCAA Football video games......
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